MaterialGroup

The Business object Material group is a grouping together of
goods and services on the basis of their charcteristics.

Structure

A material group can be subdivided according to retail site so that the the properties of the material groups can be kept on this
organisational level.

Example

Available Methods

• GetList : BAPI Read Material Group(s)/Material Group Description(s) [ BAPI_MATERIALGROUP_GET_LIST ]
  
• SaveReplica : Distribution of Material Groups [ BAPI_MATL_GROUP_SAVEREPLICA ]
  

GetList

The GetList method

If the MaterialGroupRange table contains no entries, then all the base material groups
available in the SAP System are selected.

If the obligatory entry parameter ShortDescriptionFlag

all the selected material groups MaterialGroups are displayed in the obligatory table, and

the descriptions of the selected material groups are displayed in the optional table
ShortDescriptions in the language selected using the language key Language or language key ISO codeLanguageIso.

Import Parameters

The following obligatory import parameters must be specified in order to select material groups and their descriptions:

If the parameter ShortDescriptionFlag is selected (using 'X'), either the language key Language or the language key ISO code LanguageIso must be entered as well.

Export Parameters

The selected material groups are displayed in the obligatory export parameter table MaterialGroups. If the material group descriptions are also requested using the ShortDescriptionFlag, these are
displayed in the optional export parameter table ShortDescriptions.

Event/Error logs

The event/error logs for the method are returned in the obligatory Return export parameter.

SaveReplica

This BAPI posts master data for material groups and reclassificationinformation that has been sent via the ALE layer using an IDOC of type "W_WRGP01", in the R/3 system.